Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John Edwards

Sociolinguistics deals with the social life of language, language in its sociocultural context. It is a branch of linguistics that looks less at th...

Leading management scholar, John Hendry provides a lively introduction to the nature and practice of management. Tracing its development over the l...

This Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the 'real' Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years....

Water dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which shows anomalous behaviour. In this Very Sh...

A brief account of the history of the development of probability theory, explaining the philosophical approaches, discussing probability distributi...

2nd edition of the comprehensive and authoritative guide, now revised and rewritten to encompass recent research and developments. Includes a new o...

A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarc...

A thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition, it includes coverage of the huge changes which have taken place in the EU since 2013, together wit...

John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An...

The languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, as well as on the internet and in internati...

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surpri...

In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, popular science writer John Gribben tells the story of our growing understanding of galaxies, from the...

There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or ...

Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's...

This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both in Africa and beyo...

The heritage of literature in the French language is rich, varied, and extensive in time and space. This Very Short Introduction presents this live...

Negotiation is essential for peace and international relations, but also for economically efficient trades and bargains in business, and for proble...

The Great Fire, the Black Death, flip-flopping religious persecution, the overthrow and reinstatement of the monarchy. The Stuart Britain era, a no...

Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the 'best-loved' poet in English of the second half of the twentieth century. This book explores the publish...

James Joyce was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. This book explores his novels and short stories, and analyses the lit...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Sarah M. S. (Professor of History, Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University) PearsallIllustr...

This book gives an overview of the main kinds of employment rights and labour laws found in many countries. It evaluates some of the assumptions un...

Famous for her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was also infamous in her own time for breaking social and literary conventions, and taking a politi...

Pippa Virdee considers the history of Pakistan, created as a new nation state in 1947, placing it in the context of the region's four-thousand-year...

DescriptionA pop-culture presentation of the Integral Approach from visionary genius Ken Wilber, designed as an easy introduction to his work. What...

Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at th...

Arbitration is a legal dispute resolution mechanism, alternative to courts. This book explains what arbitration is, how it works, what parties who ...

In this Very Short Introduction Bernard O'Donoghue explores the many different forms of writing which have been called 'poetry', from the Greeks to...

Drawing on the latest scientific research, from anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and artificial intelligence, Evans takes the reader on ...

John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. His ideas have had a central influence on many of areas of...

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas on population and political economy have had a profound influence on modern eco...

In this Very Short Introduction, Christopher Hall shows how material science combines physics, chemistry, and biology with engineering to understan...

Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field, this book offers a clear account of the contributions to philosophy made by one of Brit...

Drawing on examples from across the globe and throughout history, Andrew Kahn explores the key characteristics of the short story. He shows how its...

For many decades, we were only familiar with our own system of planets, the Solar System, orbiting our Sun. Now we know that it is just one among a...

The Arctic is a complex space. This book considers the competing elements surrounding the region, from geopolitical claims on its rich resources to...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): David (Charles M. Weis Professor of English, Charles M. Weis Professor of English, Ohio Wesleyan U...

This book explores the extraordinarily diverse and beautiful world of insects, from tiny wasps to giant beetles. It analyses insect evolution, and ...

This book provides a fresh modern introduction to geometry, an ancient branch of mathematics with important applications. It takes readers from Euc...

Adrian Wilkinson reviews the historical development of human resource management, showing how the changes in political, legal, and macroeconomic sp...

Nicholas Cook explores the nature of music, how we think about it, its social and cultural dimensions, and its history. He discusses the many music...

A lively discussion of the history and significance of children's literature. Providing examples from across history and types, this introduces the...

The history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de si cle Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyo...

From deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Alt...